Found in a field north of Edmonton. It is thought this truck might have been an ex 745 or 746 Comm Sqn truck because of the Cdn flag stickers on front and back. These stickers were placed on some trucks that drove to Ft Lewis Wa in 1976 for an extended exercise.
There were several more parked through the trees and an M152 coverted to a photo / darkroom van with raised roof.
Photo of yet another dark room M152 courtesy SuperDave
Excellent restoration by Bruce MacMillan. On display at Western Command's hanger at old CFB Chilliwak.
Authentic interior parts are excedingly rare. As seen here, the tables and chairs are original.
WS 19 set to the left, C42 set to the right and a UC6 switchboard with cords hanging down to the far right. Note the Johnson Chorehorse generator on the fender. A raised exhaust was fairly standard and helped to keep at least one kind of noxious gas out of the crew compartment.
A nice looking truck owned by Marc in eastern Canada. Note the hot water cab heater on the left front fender.
There were three kinds of heaters. A gas fired unit in the back operating space, a gas fired cab heater on the left front fender, and a hot water radiator type cab heater again on the fender. There was also two types of extreme cold coolant heaters. A Southwind 973 fuel fired heater and another one, presumably gas fired under the right front fender. Some battery boxes had insulation and hot water piping to keep the batteries from freezing in the far north.
Components of the hotwater heating kit including the dash ducting.
Gas cab heater w/out nacelle, crew space heater and Southwind 973 coolant heater
Gas fired coolant heater. Photo courtesy SuperDave
Owned now by an Ontario Farmer who is restoring it. Note the lack of screens over the side windows. I spoke to the former owners who used it about their farm but could find nothing in the truck indicating its former use.
